Latest Blog Posts

After more than a year of conversation, the city of Denver and Airbnb have reached an agreement to allow Airbnb to collect taxes on behalf of hosts and remit to the city. The change goes into effect for all guests who book on April 1 or later. This reduces one of the biggest headaches for Denver short-term rental hosts because before you either had to take it out of your ...

We went to the latest Denver Short-Term Rental Advisory Committee (STRAC) late last month and thought we'd share what we heard. As a brief background, Denver passed an Airbnb law in January 2017 that allows short-term rentals (STRs) only in your primary residence and only if you get licensed and pay taxes. There are 3,866 unique STRs. 53% of STRs are licensed. The number of short-term rental units in Denver ...

Ah, the year in real estate in Denver. It's beginning to sound redundant. Inventory is low. Demand is high. And home prices increased significantly again.The Denver Metro Association of Realtors released their January market trends report that looked back over 2017. For stat geeks, it's a gold mine of information. Here's what I took from the report:Growth slowed ... slightlyThe median home price in Denver metro area increased by 8 ...

Athmar Park was the 25th most competitive neighborhood in the country in 2017, according to a report out by Redfin.It's not surprising to us that Athmar Park made the list. It's five minutes to South Broadway, has easy access to US-6 highway and I-25, and it's only 15 minutes to downtown Denver. Plus, it's got a big beautiful park and is close to great Asian and Mexican restaurants along Federal. ...

Denver's will be voting on November 7, 2017 on a lot of important issues, including but not limited to updates for transportation, medical facilities, library facilities, parks and a slew of other things. Here's some info on how to vote, pros/cons on the issues and a fun infographic on last year's general election. Register to Vote It's almost time to vote! Overview and Pros and Cons for each issue (starts ...

Posted: Oct 17 2017 @ 11:49 AM

Testimonials

"This is one of the best, most informative personal finance web sites I've ever seen"

-- Daffy Duck, DaffyIsSoTaffy.com

"This guy clearly knows his shit; with every post, I feel like he's got my back as one of those "savers", and his web site is pretty damn cool, too"